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• DIKE, or DYKE (Old Eng. dic, a word which appears in various forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch dijk, German Teich, Danish dige, and in French, derived from Teutonic, digue; it is the same word as " ditch " and is ultimately connected with the ro

DIKE, or DYKE (Old Eng. dic, a word which appears in various forms in many See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Dutch dijk, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German Teich, Danish dige, and in See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, derived from Teutonic, digue; it is the same word as " ditch " and is ultimately connected with the ro  ot of " dig "), properly a See also:

• TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX (1807-1886)

trench dug out of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth for defensive and other purposes . See also:

• WATER

Water naturally collects in such trenches, and hence the word is applied to natural and artificial channels filled with water, as appears in the proverbial expression " See also:

• FEBRUARY

February fill-dyke," and in the names of many narrow water-ways in See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Anglia . " See also:

• DIKE, or DYKE (Old Eng. dic, a word which appears in various forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch dijk, German Teich, Danish dige, and in French, derived from Teutonic, digue; it is the same word as " ditch " and is ultimately connected with the ro

Dike " also is naturally used of the See also:

• BANK

bank of earth thrown up out of the ditch, and so of any See also:

• EMBANKMENT

embankment, See also:

• DAM

dam or See also:

• CAUSEWAY

causeway, particularly the defensive See also:

• WORKS

works in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, the Fen See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and other See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-lying districts which are liable to flooding by the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea or See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers (see HOLLAND and See also:

• FENS

FENS) . In See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland any See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, fence or even hedge, used as a boundary is called a dyke . In See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology the See also:

• TERM

term is applied to wall-like masses or See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock (sometimes projecting beyond the surrounding See also:

• SURFACE

surface) which fill up See also:

• VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical or highly inclined fissures in the strata .